"Deserves death! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some die that
deserve life. Can you give that to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the
name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends."
Gandalf
“Lord of the Rings”
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Press On
Nothing in the World can take the place of Persistence.
Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

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"The appetite for power is old and irrepressible in humankind, and in its action almost
always destructive. When exercised for the seizure of territory or suppression of liberties,
it cannot be said to add to the welfare or happiness or improved the quality of life of those
it rules, nor bring content to the ruler. What is it good for? As an inveterate activity of our
species, it is largely a waste of time."
Barbara Tuchman
“The First Salute”
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"taxation and representation are inseparably united . . this position is founded on the laws
of nature for whatever is a man's own is absolutely his own; no man hath a right to take it
from him without his consent. Whoever attempts to do it attempts an injury, whoever does
it, commits a robbery; he throws down and destroys the distinction between liberty and
slavery."
Lord Camden
Arguing against the Declaratory Bill which
taxed the American Colonies, in the House
of Lords, London, March, 1766

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"The doctrine of human equality in founded entirely in the Christian doctrine that we are
all children of the same Father, all accountable to Him for our conduct to one another, all
equally bound to respect each other's self love.”
John Adams
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All wars are follies, very expensive, and very mischievous ones. When will mankind be
convinced of this, and agree to settle their differences by arbitration? Were they to do it,
even by the cast of a die, it would be better than by fighting and destroying each other.
Benjamin Franklin
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